Andrew Waszkowski, a graduate student in English education, was recently awarded a Richter Scholarship from WFU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. This summer, Andrew will be conducting research on positive classroom community formation in various multicultural international schools in France, Germany, and Belgium. For more information, see Andrew’s abstract below. Today’s educators face the […]
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Alumnus Leslie Baldwin Named One of Triad’s Top 40 Leaders Under Forty
Alumnus of the Department of Education Leslie Baldwin was named as one of the The Business Journal’s Top 40 Leaders Under Forty for 2014. Leslie is the Foriegn Language Program Specialist for Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools and has done a lot for the Department of Education at Wake Forest University since she graduated. She is […]
Alumni Well Represented at 2013 FLANC Conference
The 2013 annual conference of the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina was held in Winston-Salem, October 11-12. Ten alumni of WFU were presenters: Ellen Bailey (1995), Erin Bolden West (1998), Leslie Baldwin (1999), Krishauna Hines-Gaither (2003), Laura Levi Alstaedter (2005), Amy Talley (2006), Ashley Velazquez (2008), Greg Williams (2009), Maggie Pursley (2010), Sophie Bauers […]
Sam Best and Kara Gaynor Receive Richter Scholarships
Sam Best, sophomore and Secondary English Education minor, is traveling to China this summer to investigate the potential impacts of “the knowledge economy” on 21st century education. While in China, he will spend the majority of his time as a participant-observer at the Wake Forest Summer Academy in Nanjing. Sam will participate as a co-teacher, […]
2013 Jerry A. Hall Award Recipients
The Education Department’s 2013 Jerry A. Hall Award recipients are Virginia McMillian (Elementary Education) and Tiffany Newsome (Secondary English Education). The awards are given each year for excellence in student teaching. The presentation will be at the College Honors and Awards Ceremony to be held on Sunday, May 19th at 2:00 p.m. in Brendle […]
Monica Doyle (MTF, ’11) Named Rookie Teacher of the Year
Monica Doyle, first year mathematics teacher at High Point Central High School, has been named Rookie Teacher of the Year for Guilford County. She completed the MTF program in August, 2012. See the full details on the Guilford County Schools website.
Elizabeth Ammons, Julia Magee and Bonnie Walker Receive 2013 Memory Scholarship
Professor Jasper L. Memory, Jr., served Wake Forest University from 1929 until 1971, completing his career as Chairman of the Department of Education. To honor Professor Memory and to further the cause of education, his family and friends created a scholarship fund. Scholarships are awarded each year to Junior students in the Education Department […]
Two Education Alumns Win Teacher of the Year Awards
Two alums of the Graduate Teacher Education program class of 2008 have been named Teachers of the Year. Lauren Brooks is a math teacher at Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC. She was recently named Teacher of the Year for Wake County. Heather Bulpett Wilson is a Social Studies Teacher at Cox Mill High School […]
Laura Bilton and Jon Williams Receive 2012 Waddill Excellence in Teaching Award
The Wake Forest University Education Department is proud to present the 2012 Marcellus Waddill Excellence in Teaching Award to Laura Bilton (Elementary Education) and Jon Williams (Secondary Education)! Laura Bilton is a second grade teacher at Old Town Elementary School in Winston-Salem. She graduated from Wake Forest in 2001 with a degree in business and […]
Amy Allen Receives Teacher of the Year Award from Cedar Ridge High School
Amy Allen (MTF, 2009) was awarded the Teacher of the Year award at Cedar Ridge High School, where she teaches Spanish, and is the chair of the World Languages department. Within four years of graduating from the Wake Forest Department of Education’s Master Teacher Fellows program, Amy has become the chair of the World Languages […]